Doremus v. Bond

Debt by the assignee against the maker of a promissory note. The note bears date May 2, 1839, is for the sum of 2,075 dollars and 28 cents, and is payable by Abner D. Bond, four years after date, to Runnion and Pharos, by whom, on the day of its date, it was assigned to the plaintiff. The defendant pleaded three pleas. Upon the first there was an issue of fact, and it need not be further noticed.

The second plea alleged, that the note in the declaration mentioned was given for a part of the consideration (the whole being 30,000 dollars) of the sale by Runnion and Pharos, the assignors of the…